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Industrial shredder manufacturer UNTHA has witnessed significant growth in Italy following a collaboration with one of the country’s leading environmental technology specialists, Ecotec Solution. The experienced waste processing firm supplies systems that turn clients’ residual materials into valuable resources. And in the last 12 ...

From April, the standard rate of tax will rise from a current level of £84.40 per tonne to £86.10, and the lower rate from £2.65 per tonne to £2.70 per tonne. However, proposals to change the definition of ‘taxable disposal’ which had also been expected to come into force tomorrow – detailing exemptions from the landfill tax – are now expected to be ...

Vital Energi have been successful in their ambition to divert 95% of all site waste away from landfill, with many sites exceeding their initial target. By adopting a strong environmental focus, reducing cross contamination and employing best practice for on-site waste segregation, Vital Energi have seen, on ...

International Lining Technology’s featured project of the month takes us to Port Angeles landfill in Washington state. In January, a 12-man crew recently completed this project using 40-mil textured, turf and boots. The work site is located on a cliff next to the Pacific Ocean and was surrounded by a lush forest. The Regional Transfer Center includes a recycling center, water treatment ...

EPA Region 7 has announced its decision to proceed with the installation of a physical isolation barrier for the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo. The decision also calls for the installation of additional engineering controls, such as cooling loops, to prevent potential impacts that could result if a subsurface smoldering event were to come into contact with the radioactive ...

A Polish landfill in Hryniewicze, owned by PUPH Lech Sp. z o.o from Bialystok, started to operate the landfill with a brand new TANA E320eco compactor. The Site Manager was very excited about the compactor’s ProTrack® system, which offers him exactly the tool he needs for monitoring the machine without having to drive to the field all the time like he had to do with their previous ...

In keeping with its commitment to produce vehicles with reduced CO2 emissions at sustainable, energy-efficient plants, Honda has announced several initiatives under new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. As a hallmark of this new initiative, Honda also announced a $210 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a proposed plan to clean up the Allied Paper Landfill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a part of the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site. Between Sept. 30 and Dec. 1, EPA will accept public comments on the proposed plan, which is available for review at: ...

Americans are sending more than twice as much trash to landfills as the federal government has estimated, according to a new study. It turns out that on average America tosses five pounds of trash per person per day into its landfills, according to an analysis of figures from the same study, which is based on actual landfill measurements instead of government estimates. For years, the U.S. ...

Paul Polman has been announced as one of the winners of the UN's highest environmental accolade for leading the private sector toward sustainability, both in his role as Unilever CEO and as a tireless advocate for more sustainable business models. Mr. Polman, who receives the award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category, is being recognized for his bold leadership, which demonstrates that the ...

The European Commission is taking Spain to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) over poor waste management in the regions of Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León and Murcia. Despite earlier warnings from the Commission, Spain has failed to take measures to close, seal and ecologically restore 61 illegal landfills, as laid down by EU waste ...

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced that the Camden Redevelopment Agency was selected to receive $944,710 in EPA brownfields grants to clean up contaminated sites and revitalize communities across Camden. Regional Administrator Enck was joined by Congressmember Donald Norcross, Salvation Army Major Paul Cain and Jim Harveson Director of ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that an Action Memorandum, developed to document the rationale and authorize expenditure of funds for a time-critical removal action at the Bennett Landfill Fire Site, was signed on April 30, 2015. Response actions began on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 with crews mobilizing to the Site. This Action Memo authorizes EPA funded actions ...

EPA Region 7 has approved the work plan necessary to launch a new round of scientific sampling aimed at further characterizing and defining the extent of radiologically impacted material (RIM) at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo. The new round of sampling at West Lake, which will involve Gamma Cone Penetration Testing (GCPT) and core sampling, will begin Monday, May 11. This ...

After successfully completing all cleanup work and putting into place long-term controls to ensure that people’s health and the environment continues to be protected, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove the Crown Vantage Landfill Superfund site in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey from the federal Superfund list. The inactive 10-acre landfill was ...

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the amount that will be charged for the standard and lower rate of landfill tax from April 2016, in guidance documents published in March. All landfill site operators in the UK received a briefing document following the budget announcement; the document asserts that the ‘loss of ignition (LOI)’ testing regime will come ...

The EPA’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative is picking up steam. The effort, launched in 2008, encourages the reuse of contaminated lands, landfills and mine sites for renewable energy generation. The agency’s Action Plan 2.0, released last fall, details how far the program has come and what is being done to expand it. “The cleanup and revitalization of ...

A visit by Baroness Scotland to the Durban Solid Waste Bisasar Road Energy Campus on the afternoon of 5th March 2015 was arranged by the offices of the British Trade Commissioner. In addition to Baroness Scotland, the British High Commissioner Judith Macgregor, the British Trade Commissioner Andrew Henderson, Anita Hughes from ...

This month, International Lining Technology would like to feature a project we completed in Fairfield, Utah. The Intermountain Regional Landfill was one of our quicker projects. We completed it in less than a month in July 2014. It required 10 employees, and more than 210,000 square feet of reinforced and non-reinforced GCL, 60 Mil Textured and 12-ounce Geotextile was installed at the ...

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